Rn Jobs in San Jose, AZ

About The Position

Requirements

• Current State of Iowa registered nurse license.
• Bachelor’s degree in nursing, or active enrollment in an MSN program.
• Master’s degree must be obtained within five years of hire.
• At least three years of acute-care clinical nursing experience.

Nice To Haves

• Degree in Nursing Education preferred.

Responsibilities

• Functions as an expert clinician in a specialty or subspecialty of nursing practice.
• Determines and evaluates patient-specific and population-based programs of care.
• Helps identify needs for new organizational and system-wide standards, policies, guidelines, and procedures; serves as a change agent to improve critical-thinking, interpersonal, and technical skills.
• Develops educational plans and learning resources and provides orientation and education for staff, students, and community organizations as requested, using adult learning principles.
• Provides frequent feedback to build knowledge and clinical-practice competency.
• Facilitates evidence-based practice by bringing nursing research to the point of care.
• Mentors and supports the development of professional unit preceptors.
• Advises, collaborates on, translates, integrates, and evaluates nursing research through practice, education, and reflective discussion with staff.
• Maintains up-to-date knowledge of the Iowa Nurse Practice Act, Joint Commission requirements, and American Nurses Association accepted standards of nursing practice.
• Serves as a specialty resource and collaborates with interdisciplinary teams while maintaining current clinical and theoretical knowledge.
• Uses information technology for data input, analysis, retrieval, and program development and presentation.
• Collaborates with leaders to oversee and support onboarding and orientation plans for new hires.
• Maintains clinical competence by providing nursing care, including assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care in coordination with the physician.